My Motivation
- My sister was born with Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrom).
- My parents raised her to be self-determined.
- For as long as I can remember my mother worked to support development towards a more inclusive society.
- I went to a primary school that was integrative. I had classes in a group that included children without and some with disabilities.
- I believe that everyone is valuable and should have equal opportunities.
- In my previous studies (Communication Design) I worked on the concept of inclusive factbooks. [See here] [and here]
- I am convinced that equal access to information and knowledge for all people is a basic prerequisite for an equitable society.
[Read more about my motivation in my thesis]
First Year
Special Issue X: Input Output
Special Issue X - Documentation
Special Issue X - Prototyping
Reading & Writing
For [Special Issue X] I built GLARE, a 16 voice polyphonic synthesizer instrument that is based on Arduino. GLARE module is controlled by gestures only and thereby works in a very intuitive way. This project is based on the approach of simplifying complex processes in such a way that they can be used by a wide range of people with different abilities without much prior knowledge. The sensors can be easily removed from the unit for storage or transport.
In this project, a group publication of 10 circuit boards was produced by the 10 students in vinyl record format. Together with 10 instructions for assembling the various modules, this publication is available from DePlayer in an original edition of 30. The project was also presented there. I was involved in the design of the visual identity of this exhibition.
Special Issue X publication contribution
[High resolution image of my publication contribution]
Input Output modular posters
Special Issue XI: We have secrets to tell you
My full Special Issue XI Documentation is not accessible to the public at this moment.
In [Special Issue XI] I came into first contact with (Semantic) MediaWiki queries. Later in the project, I was mainly involved in coding the publicly accessible part of our web publication. This was the first time for me to code in Javascript. On the website, it is possible to filter content and generate a print document from selected content.
Special Issue XI publication
Special Issue XI publication
In this project, my focus was on breaking down the collectively used processes into tools and methods. For each collected item I wrote short texts that explain what we used them for. I also developed an icon for each collected item.
Tools - Icons created for Special Issue XI publication
Methods - Icons created for Special Issue XI publication
Special Issue XII: Radio Implicancies
File:Max Lehmann Special Issue XII notebook.pdf
In [Special Issue XII] I mainly created audio content for our collective weekly broadcast. I was also involved in coding one of the web broadcasting interfaces.
Special Issue XII publication contribution
Second Year
Proposal
Concept development
First ideas: Website that adjust to user preferences
Map: User diversity in information design
Tabel: Cluster of human abilities relevant to the design and content of information publication
2D representation of a sphere with information arranged on it
Illustration
First test with Blender 3D + 2D frame by frame animation
Animation: Learning styles - Visual
Animation: Learning styles - Social
Animation: Learning styles - Aural
Prototyping
[Technical process index]
Blender: Sphere with illustrations of learning styles arranged on it
Blender: Sphere with illustrations of learning styles arranged on it
First 3JS Tests: 3D objects and mouse interaction
First 3JS Tests: Texture, controls and responsiveness
First 3JS Tests: Object loading
First 3JS Tests: Sphecirally arranged CSS3DObjects
Proposal
Project proposal
Resubimition
[Resubmition Presentation]
Concept development
Attempt to analyse different websites according to inclusivity criteria
Physical user abilites in inclusive webdesign and related materials
Mental user abilites in inclusive webdesign and related materials
Materials related to inclusion and inclusive websdesign
Hearing ability in inclusive webdesign and related materials
Provisional list of relevant user abilities for inclusive web design
Chart of relevant user abilities for inclusive web design and related materials
Continued chart of relevant user abilities for inclusive web design and related materials
Example of the hierarchical structure of the related contents
Provisional questionnaire to collect user stories with first answers (in German)
Summary of the first answers received
Resubmition
Wiki
Make Inclusive Websites Wiki
Edits made on the 15th of June 2021
Workshop
Meet - Interface
[Documentation page]
Illustration
Making animated illustrations in Blender
Animation: User ability - Attention
Animation: User ability - Color vision
Animation: User ability - Comprehension
Animation: User ability - Flexibility
Animation: User ability - Hearing
Animation: User ability - Language
Animation: User ability - Linguistic competence
Animation: User ability - Memory
Animation: User ability - Mode of adress
Animation: User ability - Motor functions
Animation: User ability - Processing pace
Animation: User ability - Sensitivity
Animation: User ability - Sight
Illustrations: Website aspects with regards to user abilities
Prototyping
[Technical process index]
[Wiki - Make Inclusive Websites]
Highly condensed depiction of the Globe interface's development
Blender: 2D Vector to texturized 3D mesh to sphere with topography
Final Outcome
Final home (selection) screen of Make Inclusive Websites
Final Wiki of Make Inclusive Websites
Final Globe interface of Make Inclusive Websites
Final Fold Out interface of Make Inclusive Websites
Final UI Options interface of Make Inclusive Websites
Final Print interface of Make Inclusive Websites
[Thesis - Make Inclusive Websites]
[Home - Make Inclusive Websites]
[Forum - Make Inclusive Websites]
[Globe - Make Inclusive Websites]
[Fold Out - Make Inclusive Websites]
[UI Options - Make Inclusive Websites]
[Print - Make Inclusive Websites]
[Survey - Make Inclusive Websites]
